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Valley Retina Institute

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Research works
47
▼ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
411
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Valley Retina Institute

Not ranked overall: Valley Retina Institute is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Valley Retina Institute work in?

In all years, 93% of research at Valley Retina Institute is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (92%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Neuroscience (2%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 92.7% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 92.2% of its workOphthalmology: 27 fractional works · 56.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKValley RetinaInstitute47fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences0%Health Sciences93%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4492.2%
    2. Dentistry00.3%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.2%
    2. Neuroscience11.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences01.1%
    2. Psychology00.1%
    1. Environmental Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Who are the top researchers at Valley Retina Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, David A. Guel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Valley Retina Institute.

  1. 1 David A. Guel United States · #3,801,236 worldwide 145 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Valley Retina Institute

What are the most cited papers from Valley Retina Institute?

The most cited paper from Valley Retina Institute is "Early and Long-Term Responses to Anti–Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy in Diabetic Macular Edema: Analysis of Protocol I Data" (Víctor H. González, Joanna H. Campbell, Nancy M. Holekamp et al., 2016), with 358 citations. Next come "The DA VINCI Study: Phase 2 Primary Results of VEGF Trap-Eye in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema" (253) and "Identification of Diabetic Retinopathy Genes through a Genome-Wide Association Study among Mexican-Americans from Starr County, Texas" (129).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Early and Long-Term Responses to Anti–Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy in Diabetic Macular Edema: Analysis of Protocol I Data Víctor H. González, Joanna H. Campbell, Nancy M. Holekamp et al. · American Journal of Ophthalmology Open access 17 Sep 2016 358
2 The DA VINCI Study: Phase 2 Primary Results of VEGF Trap-Eye in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema Diana V. Do, Ursula Margarethe Schmidt-Erfurth, Víctor H. González et al. · Ophthalmology 9 May 2011 253
3 Identification of Diabetic Retinopathy Genes through a Genome-Wide Association Study among Mexican-Americans from Starr County, Texas Yi‐Ping Fu, David Hallman, Víctor H. González et al. · Journal of Ophthalmology Open access 2010 129
4 Early Response to Anti–Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Two-Year Outcomes Among Eyes With Diabetic Macular Edema in Protocol T Neil M. Bressler, Wesley T. Beaulieu, Maureen G. Maguire et al. · American Journal of Ophthalmology Open access 2 Aug 2018 114
5 A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Microplasmin Intravitreous Injection to Facilitate Posterior Vitreous Detachment before Vitrectomy Matthew S. Benz, Kirk H. Packo, Víctor H. González et al. · Ophthalmology 6 Feb 2010 112
All 88 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Valley Retina Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Optical Coherence Tomography, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Optic Nerve.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Macular Degeneration19▲ 316×3 topics
  2. Diabetic Retinopathy18▲ 450×2 topics
  3. Glaucoma14▲ 180×4 topics
  4. Optical Coherence Tomography12▲ 227×2 topics
  5. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor12▲ 255×3 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress12▲ 13×3 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 10×5 topics
  8. Optic Nerve11▲ 234×2 topics
  9. Intravitreal Injection11▲ 334×2 topics
  10. Choroidal Thickness11▲ 450×1 topic
  11. Retinal Pigment Epithelium11▲ 450×1 topic
  12. COVID-198▲ 26×1 topic
  13. Ocular Findings8▲ 675×1 topic
  14. Deep Learning7▲ 7.2×2 topics
  15. Retinal Disease7▲ 406×1 topic
  16. Vessel Segmentation7▲ 450×1 topic
  17. Myopia5▲ 156×2 topics
  18. Retinal Ganglion Cells5▲ 72×2 topics
  19. OCT Imaging4▲ 264×2 topics
  20. Risk Factors4▲ 8.3×3 topics
  21. Macular Hole4▲ 336×1 topic
  22. Vitreoretinal Surgery4▲ 336×1 topic
  23. Intraocular Pressure4▲ 79×1 topic
  24. Ocular Hypertension4▲ 126×1 topic
  25. Epidemiology2▲ 1.33×7 topics
  26. Femtosecond Laser2▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Intraocular Lens Implantation2▲ 121×1 topic
  28. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Behçet's Disease1▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Uveitis1▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Prematurity1▲ 215×1 topic
  32. Retinopathy1▲ 138×2 topics
  33. Treatment1▲ 1.92×1 topic

Which research topics does Valley Retina Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal and Macular Surgery, Retinal Development and Disorders and Retinal Imaging and Analysis.

Retinal Diseases and Tre…0Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…0Retinal and Macular Surgery: 0 fractional worksRetinal Development and …0Retinal Development and Disorders: 0 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 0 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 0 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 0 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 0 fractional worksOccupational and environmental lung diseases: 0 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 0 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anest…0Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 0 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  2. 2 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  3. 3 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  5. 5 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 0 works
  6. 6 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 0 works
  7. 7 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 0 works
  10. 10 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Valley Retina Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 88% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Valley Retina Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000038% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Valley Retina Institute0.0000044% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Valley Retina Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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